Primitive Christian episcopate and pragmatic authority in Acts of the Apostles: a study based on Claudia Rapp.

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v5i5p77-94

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Acts of the Apostles, Episcopate, Claudia Rapp.

Abstract

The present text aims to put under discussion the variety of conceptions about the Christian episcopal office in the first century C.E., considering Claudia Rapp’s view that this office bore, during the period in question, only an administrative function regarding the community’s material goods. With this aim, I analyze the definition of the episcopal office given in the book of the Acts of the Apostles to question the universality of such configuration among the first Christian generations.

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  • Pedro de Toledo Piza, University of São Paulo

    Masters degree at the Department of History of the Universidade de São Paulo, FAPESP scholarship holder and member of the Leir-MA-USP.

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2014-12-12

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Vol. 5 No. 5 (2014)

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Primitive Christian episcopate and pragmatic authority in Acts of the Apostles: a study based on Claudia Rapp. (2014). Mare Nostrum, 5(5), 77-94. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v5i5p77-94